Fantasy Fishing

[Jrob78]

That area is getting pounded with storms today.  I imagine it will effect the first day or 2 of practice, especially guys looking for bed fish.

[12poundbass]

Personally this has been the toughest picks so far.

[IndianaFinesse]

I'm still trying to decide if the shallow frog bite or a Carolina rig bite is going to be better...

[OCdockskipper]

So I thought I came up with a good sleeper pick in bucket A, someone who has done real well the last two times at Toledo Bend and has an owner percentage of less than 2%.  He wasn't really mentioned in the "pundit picks" on the fantasy fishing page, so I felt like my secret would stay quiet...

 

Until BASS posts an article this morning called "Toledo Bend by the numbers".  At the end of the story, they note that just 3 anglers have finished in the top 20 the last two times the Elite Series visited Toledo Bend; KVD (Bucket B, 52.9% ownership), Keith Combs (Bucket B, 10.7% ownership) and Hank Cherry (Bucket A, ***% ownership).  Of course, Cherry was my sleeper, now out in the open for all non-researchers to see.  Luckily there are only about 12 hours until the choices are locked in, hopefully there isn't a run on him and his ownership percentage stays below 3%.

 

Oh yeah, I have Combs in bucket B too.  I'm going to go throttle that writer...

[CTBassin860]

Final answer for Toledo Bend.Thought about Chris Lane once again but he cant catch a cold right now.

 

Defoe

Combs

Evers

Palaniuk

Zaldain

 

[Gundog]

I got Hadid, Kerr, Swanepoel, Shayk, and Refaeli. Wait, that's my Fantasy Lingerie Model League. I really shouldn't get those 2 confused. BTW, Shayk had a great runway show at Milan last year so I expect her to repeat this year. The early Vegas money is on her. 

[IndianaFinesse]

A:  Jacob Wheeler. Probably should have picked Ott Defoe cause everyone knows he's going to do well, but what fun would that be?

B:  Dean Rojos, almost picked Mark Davis or KVD.

C:  Brett Hite, almost picked Stephen Kennedy.

D:  Jacob powriznik, never wanted to pick someone else.

E:  Cris Zaldian, almost picked Chris Lane but he can't seem to catch anything right now.

[moguy1973]

Grigsby and Christie with 8lbers this morning already.

[Montanaro]

A.  Cherry

B.  Mcclelland

C.  Hite

D.  Powroznik

E.  Morganthaler

 

 

All hovering above or at the cut.

 

A good cull and finishing a couple limits and they all should be top 50.

[12poundbass]

A: Hackney

B: KVD

C: Ike

D: Crochet

E: Niggemyer

 

Anything can happen especially on Toledo Bend.

 

[Diggs]

A: DeFoe

B: KVD

C: Hite

D: Powroznik

E: Zaldain

 

So so far. Middle of the pack I'm sure based on how ownership plays are performing.

[scaleface]

A: Defoe

B: KVD

C: Kennedy

D: Powroznik

E: Lucas

 

[Senko lover]

A. Wheeler

B. KVD
C: Hite

D. Palaniuk
E: Lane

 

I think Ott Defoe is going to be on my roster for every single other event of this season. I'm not sure why I didn't pick him. Overall, my guys are going decently right now on BassTrakk, although I really wish I had gone with Zaldain or Benton instead of Chris Lane. A lot better than some previous tournaments. I picked guys that had good track records; and tried to keep momentum in mind. Although, Chris Lane was obviously an exception to that. I wanted to pick Combs, but just didn't like his first couple events since he's been on my roster both times since Okeechobee and flopped.

 

Seems like the bucket E choice is going to be the difference maker for this tournament. I chose poorly, it would seem. However, one day can really turn you around for this tournament. The ten pounders are out there.

Also, I just learned that Brett Hite is unofficially in the lead so that makes me really happy!!!! I knew the conditions this week would set up well for him.

[Montanaro]

.05 picked Mcclelland

 

Dude won an open at LOTO and in interviews was super pumped about preparing for toledo bend.

 

So far is in 27th at the moment.  I have faith that he will provide value for his percentage.

[fishballer06]

I went with Chad Morgenthaler in bucket E. The guy finished 2nd at the Elite event on Toledo Bend in 2014 and somehow only had 1.47% of the picks for bucket E. I thought I had a top secret pick for this one. 

 

He's currently sitting in 45th and is my worst performing pick so far. Bummer.

 

Hackney, Van Dam, Evers, Chapman, Morgenthaler. 

[MSWV]

A. Wheeler

B. Combs
C: Evers

D. Card
E: Biffle

 

I seem to be doing a little better but not great so far...  I kinda thought Combs would make a run at AOY but Defoe looks to be the guy right now

[fishballer06]

Defoe and Lefebre are both having outstanding years. I wouldn't mind seeing either of them win AOY. 

[Senko lover]

Jacob Wheeler and Hite now both unofficially in first and second!!!!

[IndianaFinesse]

1 minute ago, Senko lover said:

Jacob Wheeler and Hite now both unofficially in first and second!!!!

And I was just wishing I had picked Ott Defoe instead of Wheeler!  Just shows you how much basstrak could be off because of poor cell phone coverage.  Unofficially have two in the top 3 and everyone is in the top 51.

[CDMeyer]

Definitly fun! But stupid NCAA bans it hahaha so I guess it will be four years before I try it again haha

[IndianaFinesse]

3 minutes ago, CDMeyer said:

Definitly fun! But stupid NCAA bans it hahaha so I guess it will be four years before I try it again haha

[Montanaro]

1 hour ago, fishballer06 said:

I went with Chad Morgenthaler in bucket E. The guy finished 2nd at the Elite event on Toledo Bend in 2014 and somehow only had 1.47% of the picks for bucket E. I thought I had a top secret pick for this one. 

 

He's currently sitting in 45th and is my worst performing pick so far. Bummer.

 

Hackney, Van Dam, Evers, Chapman, Morgenthaler. 

Morgenthaler has had 2 solid finishes here.

 

Only takes one good bass and he will set up well to fish 3 days...and for bucket E getting to Saturday will beat out most if not all other picks.

[CDMeyer]

2 minutes ago, IndianaFinesse said:

NCAA athletes are not allowed to participate in any sort of gambling, which fantsy sports falls under.  I got caught last year for fantsy fishing and our board said watch it cause if the NCAA finds out I would be suspended.

[Senko lover]

7 minutes ago, IndianaFinesse said:

And I was just wishing I had picked Ott Defoe instead of Wheeler!  Just shows you how much basstrak could be off because of poor cell phone coverage.  Unofficially have two in the top 3 and everyone is in the top 51.

 

I know some of the guys with 0 fish have some in their livewell, coverage is poor out there. Also, look how stacked the weights are. I don't pay close attention to it but this is one of the closest stacked tourneys I've seen for a while. One 5 pounder - of which there are many out there - could launch someone over 30 places in the standings.

[IndianaFinesse]

17 minutes ago, CDMeyer said:

NCAA athletes are not allowed to participate in any sort of gambling, which fantsy sports falls under.  I got caught last year for fantsy fishing and our board said watch it cause if the NCAA finds out I would be suspended.

Oh, I didn't realize it was considered gambling since there's no money involved.